I keep hearing that he needs a full recruiting cycle but what has he done with it? In 10 days he'll be on the job exactly one year. I don't believe anyone he has signed yet is an upgrade of what we have or had. He's gonna have to do it over the spring/summer. Which is the same amount of time he had last season to bring in the impact/upgrades.
Both Newton brothers and a more dominant big. That way we trade up for an experienced guard that is a senior (and frees up another spot for 23-24'), a proven PG that could win POY in our league and is only a junior AND lure a true big that can help us immediately and let our young guys grow.
Like I said we shall see.... I've only seen practice and he looks like one of the most skilled players on the floor besides Boum and Kennedy. He can shoot the midrange, defend and rebound. How will it translate during the game we will see. He also was a 4 star recruit, so he wasn't chop liver coming out of high school!
Yep. Throw some billboards in there and some social media highlights/hype videos, etc. UTEP and the community are gonna need to step up now given all the opportunities out there. We have to make these kids feel recognized and relished.
I am on record as saying that very thing last year at this time. 3 years. Maybe 4.
Because they were 5-18 a year ago and had 26 wins this year?
Nowhere in particular. I’d be rather content with that kind of turnaround with a UTEP team. We had far less of a turnaround in football, yet I found myself enjoying utep fb again.
And we were told a number of times before he was eligible to play that Kaden Archie was one of the best players in practice. How well did that work out?
Granted it was year 4, but +21 wins and a CBI runner up is a pretty good year for a building mid major. Does the last part remind you of any UTEP team?
I wanted to see a similar turnaround to what McCasland did at UNT his first year. From 8 to 20 and CBI champions. We had that same opportunity. To go from 12 to 23 and Basketball Classic champions.
So it’s better to win 20 games and finish 4th in your division than win 26 and finish 1st in your division ?
And were this close to beating UAB without their best player to potentially make it to the NCAA tournament (I think they would have beaten LAT). They have some good, young talent with depth. The challenge will be keeping it all together. Kennedy at UAB is another example of turning over a roster with quick improvement. I would like to see the same at UTEP.
If you're referring to Barbee's team it would serve my original point wouldn't it.
There's plenty of money and Utep backers with deep pockets trust me. When I was in EP as an Independent Contractor, you'd be surprised how many business owners are very well off in El Paso. The issue with EP is there's not as large of a Middle class as other cities. However there is Big Money to sponsor these kids with talent to get UTEP to the NCAA like Boum and Kennedy!
Well it led to the next year in which they won CUSA and went dancing. Sorry I thought your point was meant to be derogatory.
And to add to that, Barbee's teams always improved on his previous season.
He has a decent year last year but got hurt or something was not very good this year and could not move at all
Genu varus (bowlegged) and knee problems. Props for trying hard, but I think he is too much of a risk right now. I would hate to see him on a competing team though.
I thought he was more knock kneed than bow legged, from what I remember, no?
I’m not buying that. El Paso has 4 billionaires and the state of New Mexico got its first last year. There’s money in this place. What’s missing is a huge middle class, but it is growing.
I work in real estate and I will match many homes in El Paso with Beverly Hills.
El Paso is 52 times the size of Beverly Hills. Whatever homes you’re “matching” to Beverly Hills are the outliers of the city. Most large cities have a few homes that “match” Beverly Hills.
They invented Cheetos. Good thing we’re talking about this in a topic labeled “Transfer Portal”
